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Summary
- A thanksgiving prayer for the anniversary Mass, and short prayers for a first anniversary, a silver (25-year) and golden (50-year) jubilee, an older priest, a spiritual director, a priest far from home and the priest’s parents.
- Six prayers of the faithful for an ordination anniversary Mass, with the response “Lord, hear our prayer.”
- Traditional prayers are quoted from the 1928 Book of Common Prayer (“A Prayer for the Clergy and People,” p. 18) and the 1888 Catholic Manual of Prayers (“A Prayer for the Priest,” pp. 293–294).
- Card messages and King James verses for the occasion include Psalm 110:4, Philippians 1:3, Psalm 116:12–13 and Numbers 6:24–26.
- The 25th, 50th and 60th or 75th anniversaries are called silver, golden and diamond jubilees; the word jubilee comes from the fiftieth year of Leviticus 25:10.
- The Vatican’s Office of Papal Charities issues Apostolic Blessing parchments for ordination anniversaries from 10 to 80 years, ordered in person or at elemosineria.va.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations are from the King James Version (1611), text of Project Gutenberg eBook no. 10 (Leviticus 25:10; Numbers 6:24–26; Psalm 92:14; 110:4; 116:12–13; 132:9; Isaiah 46:4; Jeremiah 3:15; Philippians 1:3, 6; 1 Thessalonians 5:13; 2 Timothy 1:6; Hebrews 5:6; 1 Peter 5:2–4). https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10
- The Book of Common Prayer (Protestant Episcopal Church in the U.S.A.), Standard Book of 1928. Morning Prayer, “A Prayer for the Clergy and People,” p. 18. PDF facsimile: https://www.artisticdailyprayers.org/uploads/3/0/1/6/30164961/bcp1928std.pdf
- A Manual of Prayers for the Use of the Catholic Laity, prepared and published by order of the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore. New York: Catholic Publication Society, 1888. Thanksgiving after Confession, “A Prayer for the Priest,” pp. 293–294; Devotions for Holy Communion, p. 310. https://archive.org/details/AManualOfPrayers1888
- Witherup, Ronald D. “Celebrating Jubilees.” The Priest, June 15, 2022. https://www.thepriest.com/2022/06/15/celebrating-jubilees/
- Office of Papal Charities (Elemosineria Apostolica). “Papal Blessing Parchments.” https://www.elemosineria.va/papal-blessing-parchments/
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